Pop Warner

Reading a book about Jim Thorpe. Devotes several paragraphs to Pop Warner’s background. Warner enrolled at Cornell when he was 21, several years older than most students. Might be why he was called Pop. The captain of the football team spotted Warner and recruited him for the football team. Back then football was just a scrum, needing five yards in three plays for a first down. When the coach had to miss a game Warner filled in and devised a play involving a fake left, then pitch right. The rest is history.

 

Warner coached Thorpe at the Carlisle Indian School. The School was founded to integrate Indians into American culture, something that really wasn’t needed. Indian students were separated from their families, made to cut their hair and wear uncomfortable clothes, and were punished for speaking their native language. Several ran away, committed crimes, or staged hunger strikes. The boys petitioned the founder to form a football team, which quelled the unrest. 

 

We'll see if the greatest-ever Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket is mentioned, who was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame, after matriculating to Tech from Carlisle: Joe Guyon. Remember him?  

Thursday: watched Holy Moly, the Steph Curry putt putt show with the wrestling vibe.

 

Had one burger on July 5 and the leftover burger on July 6. None in a week, not even when I was traveling for work.

 

Friday: didn’t feel well most of the day. Also hadn’t been sleeping well. Eating burgers ain't the cause.

 

W&MC put an offer in on a house, in Mozley Park west of Mercedes Benz Stadium and the Atlanta University complex. Just north of I-20, not far from their church in West End. Across the street from the beltway. Ceil went with Will to look at it last week.

 

Saturday: watching the celebrity golf tourney. Tony Romo is winning. Former Brave Derek Lowe in second. Steph Curry is on the leaderboard, playing withJjustin Timberlake and Aaron Rodgers.  Charles Barkley playing. Yesterday Smoltz, Glavine, and Maddux posed together for pictures.

 

Tried to relax Sunday afternoon. Prayer meeting Sunday night. Talked to missionaries overseas, where it was six in the morning. Got home at 10 pm. Went straight to bed.

 

Players don’t care about striking out. Would rather swing big that just try and make contact. Smoltz got it right during the all-star game. It’s not that the ball is different, but players are swinging for the fences more than ever – that’s the main reason a record number of home runs are being hit (and why there’s a record number of strikeouts).

 

The players that don’t hustle – I’m glad there are few of them on the Braves. They’re not grounded in the fundamentals. Was it the same Padre that failed to run out the double play grounder that got caught off first base by Soroka? Players that get by with athletic ability alone could do so much more if they’d just learn and study the game. So much more fun (and less frustrated) to watch a smart player than an athletic player. Like the Beeg Boy.

At 6:45 the Braves were batting in the top of the ninth. We left for our prayer meeting, stopping by Kroger on the way. When we walked into our friend’s house at 7:27 the game had yet to end. Couldn’t blame Luke Jackson for the sloppy ending. Or Tyler Flowers. Best offense in baseball and fans still complain. The team can’t upgrade every single weak spot as soon as it’s identified. Some things take time. The bullpen has been totally been made over since Opening Day and they’re looking for a closer before the trade deadline.  

New JFBC pastor is Clay Smith pastor of FBCMatthews NC served at Prestonwood BC and Shandon BC he was a fraternity brother of Bryant Wright’s son at South Carolina.  

 

Monday: I’m still not 100%. Been having headaches, which is rare. Not sure if eye is getting better or worse.

 

Major League Baseball, during its centennial celebration in 1969, announced its all-time greatest team. HONUS WAGNER [SABR Bio] the only position player on that team whose career had begun in the 19th century. Debut: 19-Jul-1897 He led his league multiple times in: hits, runs, doubles, triples, runs batted in, stolen bases, batting average, on-base percentage and slugging. He never led in home runs in his 21-year MLB career in spite of having double-figure home runs in a season twice. Hit 10 HR in each of 1898 & 1908. A single, famous copy of his 1909-11 T206 “Sweet Caporal” baseball card in excellent condition, perhaps the most famous collectible card of all time, was sold for $3,120,000.00 the last time in changed hands. Led in H = 2X, R = 2X, 2b = 7X, 3b = 3X, RBI = 4X, SB = 5X, BA = 8X, OBP = 4X, SLG = 6X